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232 Tasting Notes

Raspberry Vanilla from Zen Tea
82

Finishing this up tonight. That was a huge sample you sent me, cavocorax! But yummers, jeez.

TARDIS (Blend) from Custom-Adagio Teas
82
River Song Tea Blend from Adagio Teas
89

Yum, this is pretty great! Thanks cavocorax! Although, agreed: would expect something not so mellow from River :DDD (She’s so totally my fave, can’t help it.)

Anyway, before I read the spoilers! I thought it was citrusy-caramel, and wasn’t far off – coconutty citrus, I guess? It’s a good mix.

Prairie Berry from DAVIDsTEA
88

Last half of the sample pack. So yummy, while still tasting strong enough to be breakfasty. :D

Pumpkin Chai from DAVIDsTEA
96

And this one’s done. Doing some serious damage to my tea cupboard today. :D

Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake from 52teas
87

With milk & brown sugar! This tea is great but I don’t think I’ll need this one around forever – if I’m drinking a tea with milk, I think it has to be a coconut cream. :D

Raspberry Earl Grey from Shanti Tea

Aww, oversteeped my last cup! I even used a timer… and then forgot to follow through and actually take the leaves out. #winner

Cocomint Cream from DAVIDsTEA
94

I really need to get more herbal teas because I really just have this and mint, mostly. My black tea box is overflowing, on the other hand. >:D

Anyway, fave goodnite tea. <3

Goji Pop from DAVIDsTEA
49

Had my last bit of this, lowered the rating, just. Euhh.

Prairie Berry from DAVIDsTEA
88

This is quite lovely! :D! I have one of the tiny sample packets and I used half this morning… definitely adding it to my shopping list for further consideration. It’s oolong but it says normal temps, so that’s pretty great. Although I was scared so I did use a lower one. :P Resteeped with boiling water and then forgot about it for 10 mins or so (damn you dishes!) and it’s fairly tasteless now but not bitter anyway. :/ Anyway, a nice treat!

Raspberry Vanilla from Zen Tea
82

Yum! Had this last night as a bedtime snack with many gummy candy spiders. :D

Banana Dream Pie (organic) from DAVIDsTEA
90

THE END. Definitely not as good at the end of the bag, because the banana pieces are so light, I guess. Still good, but not this badass rating kinda good. :P

Merry Cranberry from DAVIDsTEA
82
Long Life Oolong from DAVIDsTEA
70

So, I didn’t mess it up this time. I actually used a lower temp because I was scared of it being as gross as last time. It’s not gross. It smells nice (until I notice the more-than-peach) and tastes good enough. So, oolong is a grassy/hay taste, then? Idk if I care for it, tbh. I am brave enough to try the other oolongs I have now, though.

Cocomint Cream from DAVIDsTEA
94

Kept me warmish while watching the child’s pony lesson, zomg, it was -15 before the sun went down… we were like ice cubes! This tea never fails though, especially when I can’t have caffeine and am feeling pouty about it. :P

Pumpkin Chai from DAVIDsTEA
96

It’s not as good with less chunks of squash but still good, still good. 1 cup left: TRAGIC.

Black Currant from Murchie's Tea & Coffee
89
Best Ceylon from Murchie's Tea & Coffee
79

Morning comfort tea. My throat is still SO messed up. :(

Forever Nuts from DAVIDsTEA
72
Forever Nuts from DAVIDsTEA
72

Liked this better than last time, but that might just be the huge chunk of banana coconut crumb cake I had it with. :P I thought they’d be good together and they WERE. :D

Phoenix Pearl from Zen Tea
93
Cranberry Pear from DAVIDsTEA
39

Could take it or leave it.

Jessie's Tea from DAVIDsTEA
76

This is still such a weird tea, but last night I wanted weird, I guess. My throat is so messed up right now and the lavender is a really nice aroma to have around bedtime. :)

ETA: huh, sipped this icy cold while gathering my cup for morning tea and niiiice? I’m gonna cold brew next time. It’s way less soapy, seems like. Lose the lovely aroma but then again, less like bathing in it?

Merry Cranberry from DAVIDsTEA
82

Aw this lil pack had less anise :( so it’s not quite as good (because it was a really weird sofffft anise last time) but it’s still pretty yum. One more go after this one, though, then the only Xmas tea I’ll have left is the Murchie’s blend!

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I drink a lot of tea (and coffee!) and do other things sometimes, like hug cats (3 black cats!) and homeschool a child (the Snick, Snickety Snickface the Sharkboy) and make art and draw things and watch too much television and pretend I’m not home when people knock on the door!

I love art (comics, illustration, storytelling, handcrafts, papercrafts, making things, sharing things, INK, COLOUR, puppetry, painting, photography and obsessively recording things, making up songs and making up words and singing to my cats, plotting melodramatic horrible fanfic with K (the partner in crime), poetry that punches you in the face, having ideas and seeing them turn into THINGS and STUFF, scissors and glue and glitter and making a big mess on the floor)

..and FOOD (yummy things, fall harvests, special treats, preservation and crock pots and canning and growing green things, bright colours and spicy things and new to me foods and fresh fruit and veggies from the garden and living gluten free with no regrets, baking omg baking everything, and into health and how food affects bodies and brains and emotions and how a cup of black tea can be comforting with milk and sugar)

…and most houseology pursuits (well, the fun ones like alternative housing, diy, renovations and building creatively, creative spaces, decluttering and organization and half-assed feng shui, design, eco-housing, cob, small houses, voluntary simplicity, having a good place for a good family and filling it with cats even if you have to pull cat hair out of everything you eat, engineering a less stressful life through environment and care of that environment and light and fresh air)

…and the outdoors (it’s scarf and hat times and fingerless mittens, rocky beaches and bird-watching, racoons and otters, orcas and squirrels, thunder and lighting, windstorms, boats and the ocean and seagulls shrieking, environmental concerns, water, sunshine, bike rides, short cuts through the bush, tree climbing and fire pits)

…and humans (even though I’m a hermit and an introvert, humans are so cool – alphabets and language and dictionaries and body language and mirroring and the way humans talk to one another and make themselves understood, mental health and brains in general, therapy and brain-detangling, daily rhythms, laughing, children, babies, autism and ADD, different ways of learning, homeschooling and reading and listening to radio shows and podcasts, transformative works in all their brilliant varieties, lists and ambitious projects even if they’re never completed, architecture and science, habit and routine, jokes and songs and rhymes and memory work and family stories passed down)…

I LOVE A LOT OF THINGS.

My ratings probably skew high because of this, but I can’t help being optimistic, it is the natural way of things.

Location

Trenton, Ontario, Canada

Website

http://ottersgram.tumblr.com

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